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'Throw in the fact that Miller is going to have a bunch of games added to his season because of the Olympics, fatigue will have to be a concern for the Sabres' goalie. All the more reason someone — Vanek, Pominville, Roy, a player acquired at the trade deadline, or all of the above — needs to become the Sabres' MVP of the second half of the season and be the guy other team identify as "the man" late in games when a goal is needed.'
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Big Easy heading for the big time
'Myers can seemingly do it all: He had three power-play goals, 29 points in 50 games, plays the PK and makes skating like the wind look effortless.'
Dogs' Wills gets first taste of NHL
'When the Sabres approached Wills about doing the game, he first cleared it with the Bulldogs owner Michael Andlauer and president Glenn Stanford. When they gave their blessing, he jumped at the opportunity. "They were not only OK with it, they were excited that I was getting this opportunity," said Wills. "Their support was something I felt that I needed. And the Buffalo Sabres wanted to make sure that our president and our owner were OK with it as well."'
Sabres come home with a loss
'Fraser immediately waved off the goal, to the anger of the four Sabres celebrating. He went to the phone for a conference with Toronto, presumably to review whether the puck was in before the net moved. It was, but it didn't matter. Fraser announced an cross-checking penalty on Gaustad, nullifying the tally. Ruff was incensed. The coach, who usually stands behind the players, hopped in front of them to plead his case (and then some). Again, it didn't matter. The Canucks were given a two-man advantage.'
Montador seeks cure for errors
'"The good thing about mistakes is it gives you an opportunity to learn," Montador said. "It's exciting to want to put that behind you. To be able to do that at the moment is tough, but you can benefit from the situation. To have an opportunity to play right away, I think that's more exciting than sitting on something for a while."'
Ruff ready for stars on ice
'"I think the special teams are going to be a [collective] effort," Ruff said Monday, down-playing the role, if not the pressure. "I don't see it just being myself coaching them on the power play. You've got a unit there from San Jose that's been playing together — they're not going to need much coaching."'
Tuesday's Vancouver Coverage
Canucks rattle Sabres in 3-2 victory (Vancouver Province)
Olympians battle in subplots (Vancouver Province)
When do we plan the parade route? (Vancouver Province)
Give a chunk of credit to Henrik (Vancouver Province)
Big Easy heading for the big time (Vancouver Province)
Van Provies Nightly Awards (Vancouver Province)
Photo gallery (Vancouver Province)
Canucks make it five in a row with 3-2 win over Sabres (Vancouver Sun)
Wonder twins to the rescue (Vancouver Sun)
Ruff ready for stars on ice (Vancouver Sun)
Game within a game (Vancouver Sun)
Photo gallery (Vancouver Sun)
Canucks get the lucky call this time (Toronto Globe and Mail)
The Goods: Sedins rattle the Sabres (Canucks.com)
Photo gallery (Canucks.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)
Rare goal from Lukowich leads Canucks to fifth straight win, 3-2 over Sabres
'The Sabres appeared to score late in the second period when Craig Rivet banked a puck in off Canuck defenceman Christian Ehrhoff but it was disallowed because of Sabre Paul Gaustad's cross-checking penalty. "I understand it, I don't like it," said Sabre coach Lindy Ruff. "I don't like the call. I just felt it was more incidental contact. If you're going to call that you better call about 75 cross-checks in the game around the front of the net."'
Vancouver 3, Buffalo 2
'Thomas Vanek and Adam Mair scored for the Northeast Division-leading Sabres, who are winless in four straight and finished 2-3-2 on their season-long road trip.'
Sabres Drop Fourth In A Row; Fall 3-2 To Vancouver
'Thomas Vanek scored his fifteenth goal of the season to draw the Sabres even with Vancouver 2-2 less than two minutes into the third period. The goal came on the power play, the first man advantage for Buffalo in the game. Tim Connolly extended his point streak to 16 games with an assist on the tally. Tyler Myers was credited with the other assist. Brad Lukowich netted his first goal of the season to give Vancouver a 3-2 lead midway through the third. The Sedin twins received the assists on the goal.'


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Engineers at Motorola are hard at work on a sophisticated handset, to be released next year, that parent Google Inc. hopes will provide more potent competition for devices like Apple Inc.'s iPhone, said people familiar with the matter.
Seven months after being acquired by Google for $12.5 billion, Motorola is designing its marquee handset — known internally as the "X phone" — to stand apart from existing phones, though the company is running into some obstacles, these people said.
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Unenforcable: Unshoveled sidewalk cases thrown out
Even though snow blocked sidewalks all over town for weeks following major snowstorms in what was a record-breaking winter, no one has been convicted under Charlottesville's ordinance requiring snow removal from public sidewalks.
Police declined to issue citations following the December 18-19 Snowpocalypse because the city had done such a poor job clearing its own sidewalks.
The snow removal ordinance hit another hurdle this week when judges dismissed charges against five people and businesses, including McDonald's, Wendy's and Yellow Cab, who were cited in February for not shoveling.
Defense attorney Andre Hakes argued in Charlottesville General District Court March 12 that Virginia's Dillon's Rule, which says a locality can only adopt laws that are allowed by state law, does not give the city authority to make unshoveled walks a Class 1 misdemeanor, which carries penalities of up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine.
"There is no state law authority for criminalization of violations," explains Hakes. What Virginia Code does provide, she says, is that municipalities can compel abatement of nuisances like unshoveled sidewalks, but has to handle it in the same manner as it collects taxes–- by sending a bill.
"Basically this is a civil statute," she says. The city can clean up snow-clogged sidewalks and bill the owner as it does for unmowed grass. "It just isn't a Class 1 misdemeanor," she says.
As a result of her argument that dismissed four cases March 12, another accused non-shoveler's case was thrown out of court March 16.
"The city can only impose a penalty that's authorized by the Code of Virginia," Judge Bob Downer told Tim Kirk. "This ordinance doesn't follow code. A Class 1 misdemeanor is far more severe than what's allowed."
Downer said the city is probably going to change its code and the fine would be about $100. "It's probably cheaper to pay someone to shovel snow," he suggested to Kirk.
"I'm a procrastinator," says Kirk after the hearing. "I hoped the snow would melt."
He lives on Monticello Avenue, and says he was warned to clear the walkways within 12 hours on February 12 , but had to work three 12-hour shifts, and didn't get the shoveling done. He went to Kmart to buy a shovel February 16, but that was too late to avoid the summons that day.
"I was so scared and embarrassed," confesses Kirk. "Somebody could have hurt themselves."
"If it's not enforceable, the city needs to rewrite the law to be in compliance," says Kevin Cox, who is on the Pedestrian Safety Committee. He notes that the city amended the ordinance in 2003.
He wants a committee to draft the snow-removal ordinance. "I hope the city will listen to the Pedestrian Safety Committee, the chief of police and the city attorney," he adds.
Deputy city attorney Richard Harris is the man charged with looking at the ordinance, and says that task just landed on his desk. "I believe we have the authority to impose criminal code," he says.
Kevin Cox and Police Chief Tim Longo have both called making non-shoveling a Class 1 misdemeanor "ridiculous."
Says Harris, "Is it legal? Yes. Is it reasonable? That's for Council to decide."
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just another way for the city to try and put their two cents in.
Says Harris, ââ?¬Å?Is it legal? Yes. Is it reasonable? That's for Council to decide."
Well actually it seems it's for the courts to decide and they have.
Lots of City Code isn't actually legal and in multiple encounters that I've had with city staff, it's pretty clear that many city employees, even at fairly high levels, are either unaware of or completely unconcerned about what the law is anyway.
It seems the City Attornery's Office has an unwritten policy: Never speak unles Council asks. Just another example of bad governance by amteurs in Charlottesville.
The walk-shovelling ordinance has been around longer than 2003. It would seem the problem is that it is classified as a criminal offense, a Class I misdemeanor when it should be more along the lines of a civil matter,something like the car stickers city residents were once required to have. And there should be some discretion allowed-saying shovelling HAS to be done within a designated timeframe, no matter what, is unreasonable.
One hopes people would be good neighbors and shovel without an ordinance. Then again, there are are some who simply cannot shovel due to physical conditions.
What I find infuriating are those people who did not feel it was necessary to clean up after their dogs when there was snow. Did they did think it was going to melt along with the snow???
Cville screws up once again.
Isn't it about time we got rid of the Dillon Rule? It hampers municipalities to enact laws in their own communities. The Dillon Rule takes too much of a "one size fits all" approach.
Way to go Andre Hakes!! Tim should've cleaned his damned sidewalk but bringing light to bear on the legal situation is a good thing.
Richard Harris = Man of La Mancha. Put on the helmet of Mambrino and charge again!
who in the hell was the city attorney when this ordinance was passed in 2003? Isn't it his job to make sure that the ordinances are actually lawful and enforceable?
It's legal malpractice for the city attorney to not understand the Dillon Rule.
are you sure that wasn't deputy Barney Fife?
make sure he only has one bullet in his gun....
make it a civil fine just like every other town on the planet..
Potentially, 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine for not shoveling your sidewalk? LOL
On top of that, if you were ever sentenced the max fine plus jail, you would lose income for a year, pay court costs and attorney fees. Depending on your income this could equal tens of thousand of dollars!
So, I am down in Florida in the winter, hire someone who never shows up to shovel snow should it snow, get home in the Spring and face jail and a fine for an unshoveled sidewalk.
Whoever thinks these ridiculous laws up should get a $2,500 fine and spend 12 months in jail!
And of those fined all cases were thrown out of court. Bad decisions piled on top of bad decisions. At least the courts and attorneys saw though the nonsense. Which makes you wonder why those that wrote the law were so myopic to begin with. And what annoying laws are they working on now to hassle more citizens?
Maybe pigeon poo should be removed from sidewalks before noon each day. That's worth at least $2,500 and a year in jail if you don't comply.
Maybe someone will post the names of those that voted for the sidewalk law. If they are still in office, lets vote them out.
Why does Charlottesville have a city attorney for? This seems pretty basic law. Perhaps they should hire Andre Hakes, who seems to understand law better then our current city attorneys.


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Get ready for a party! Ingredients for a ramen feast come alive in this animated short. Ramen Party! is part of a larger interactive project to get children excited about food.
Lillian Chan is a Toronto-based illustrator, an award winning filmmaker, and an animator. Her work Jaime Lo, Small and Shy was produced by NFB.
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This wonderful collaborative animation with Winnipeg storyteller Glen Johnson is a contemplative comic fantasy about a time-obsessed squirrel.
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Characters from two different worlds come together in a marriage ceremony with a traditional Indian Warli backdrop.
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A contemplative work about a young moon that falls into the deep sea, and the world of creatures that it meets there. Will the moon be able to return to its home in the sky?
Based in Tokyo, Akira Oda is a graphic designer, an illustrator, and an animation artist. The Moon that Fell Into the Sea has exhibited in Japan, Uruguay, Serbia, and Russia.
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A 10-year-old boy, Damu, while on an errand for his mother, faces a moral dilemma as soon as he steps out onto the street. Recipient of the Best Director Award at the Pune Short Film Festival (India).
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A journey of hope and desire. Set in the middle of Nepal's decade-long civil war, amid the political changes taking place, the story of young girl's life that is about to change forever. Official Selection—69th Venice International Film Festival.
Born and raised in Nepal, Min Bahadur Bham studied Nepali Literature and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Buddhist Philosophy at Tribhuwan University.
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In a cramped tunnel that connects the Gaza Strip and Egypt, a boy and his father wait to bargain goods with the people on the other side. The boy wants a bicycle, and doesn't understand why he can't have one.
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Innovative new nanotechnology stops bed bugs in their tracks—literally
Bed bugs now need to watch their step. Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed a safe, non-chemical resource that literally stops bed bugs in their tracks. This innovative new technology acts as a man-made web consisting of microfibers 50 times thinner than a human hair which entangle and trap bed bugs and other insects. This patent-pending technology is being commercialized by Fibertrap, a private company that employs non-toxic pest control methods.
The nanotech solution was developed at Stony Brook University's Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Materials (Sensor CAT), a program funded by NYSTAR, as part of a statewide effort to encourage greater technological and economic collaboration between industry and research universities.
"Our nanotechnology produces entanglements that are millions of times more dense than woven products such as fabrics or carpets," said lead researcher Miriam Rafailovich, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Co-Director in the Program of Chemical and Molecular Engineering at Stony Brook University. "The microfibers trap them by attaching to microstructures on their legs taking away their ability to move, which stops them from feeding and reproducing."
Successful tests were performed using live bed bugs and termites in Professor Rafailovich's lab with the assistance of Ying Liu, a scientist with Stony Brook University's Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center and Stony Brook graduate students Shan He and Linxi Zhang.
Kevin McAllister, Fibertrap's co-founder added, "We are very excited to move this advancement from the lab to the consumer. Our goal has always been to make a difference for people living in areas where bed bugs are pervasive and difficult to eradicate."
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How the US Can Retake the Lead on International Women's Rights
As the world marks International Women's Day on March 8, the United States is poised to reassert progressive leadership on a wide range of global sexual and reproductive health issues.
As the world marks International
Women's Day on March 8, the United States is poised to reassert progressive
leadership on a wide range of global sexual and reproductive health
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●Those, who do not understand the differences between Monetary Sovereignty and monetary non-sovereignty, do not understand economics.
●The more federal budgets are cut and taxes increased, the weaker an economy becomes. .
●Liberals think the purpose of government is to protect the poor and powerless from the rich and powerful. Conservatives think the purpose of government is to protect the rich and powerful from the poor and powerless.
●The single most important problem in economics is the gap between rich and poor.
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Greece Remains Defiant as It Seeks Creditor Deal This Week
Greece's government said it won't back down on election pledges to end austerity.
Nikos Filis, spokesman for the parliamentary group of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party said, "Our mandate from the Greek people is to reach an agreement where we stay in the euro area without harsh austerity measures."
Have the Greek leaders caved from "end austerity" to "end harsh austerity"? Does this mean austerity has become O.K., so long as it isn't "harsh" austerity (whatever that means)?
Tsipras's so-called red lines include no further cuts to wages and pensions.
That's all well and good, but what about taxes? Should the impoverished Greek people suffer even more taxes, to pay the EU bankers?
And what about all the other national needs a government is expected to provide for?
Like Chicago, Cook County and Illinois, Greece is monetarily non-sovereign. It has no sovereign currency. Greece uses a currency, the euro, over which it has no control.
Unlike the U.S., Canada, Australia, China and other Monetarily Sovereign nations, monetarily non-sovereign entities can and do run short of money.
Chicago has. Illinois has. Greece has. Greece is broke — more than broke it is deeply, hopelessly in debt.
There is no way Greece can earn enough euros to pay its debts — not this year, not next decade, not next century.
Like all monetarily non-sovereign governments, Greece has but two sources of money: Taxes and net exports.
But its people are too broke to pay more taxes, and Greece is a net importer. Year after year, billions of net euros flow out of Greece.
So, since it's people are broke and the world doesn't want to buy what Greece is selling, how will Greece obtain the money to pay its debts?
The EU solution is for Greece to increase its debts by borrowing more.
If that makes sense to you, congratulations. You are well on your way to being an EU economist.
Of course, the EU cares nothing about Greece or the Greek people. The EU cares about two things only:
First, the EU wants to protect the banks. Rich bankers own and run Europe, and the European politicians are their well-paid puppets.
Second, the EU wants to protect the euro. It is the euro that has given the European politicians their well-bribed jobs at the expense of the taxpayers.
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said, "A "third aid package for Athens is only possible if reforms are also implemented. A Greek exit from the euro would pose a political challenge and not an economic one, but "no one would have trust anymore in Europe if, in the first big crisis," a currency member quits, he said.
Translation: The word "reforms" means that the Greek people must suffer more, so that wealthy European bankers can be paid and the politicians can keep their cushy jobs.
The sole purpose of any Greek government is to benefit Greek citizens, not to benefit foreign bankers and politicians.
Here is what Greece's politicians should do:
1. Re-adopt the drachma as Greece's sovereign currency to become Monetarily Sovereign.
2. Pay all debts in drachmas on a 1-to-1 basis. Any creditors refusing drachmas would receive nothing.
3. Convert all Greek bank accounts containing euros to drachmas, on a 1-to-1 basis.
4. Cut Greek taxes. All remaining taxes would be paid only in drachmas.
5. Increase Greece's spending (in drachmas) on social programs infrastructure, R&D and jobs programs.
6. Raise interest rates, if necessary to control inflation.
7. Cut borrowing. As a Monetarily Sovereign nation, Greece would have no need to borrow drachmas(Someone should tell this to American politicians). Sell bonds only as an interest rate control.
Whether Greece would stay in the EU as a non-euro member (ala the UK) is a question, though a relatively unimportant question. The EU at best, is a trading and travel convenience.
Considering the negative effects (i.e terrorism) that open borders have facilitated, many European nations may now wish they could control their immigration. (Visualize the U.S. having a no-deportations, open border with Mexico, and you'll get the idea.)
From my vantage point, it seems that the EU wants more from Greece than Greece needs from the EU.
To the Greek people: Grexit just as fast as you can, and a year or two from now, you can thumb your noses at the foreign bankers.
Think about it: What do you have to lose?
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5. Cut financial assistance to the states.
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8. Never prosecute any banker for criminal activity.
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Because Bryan College is in the middle of the small town of Dayton, there are not many things to do. But there are a few things to do for fun. Pocket is a hiking trail, where many students will go there to hang out, hike, and swim. The student government also coordinates several events throughout the year.Read More
When you first enter the campus there is a big pond with a bait and tackle shop right beside it, so you can go fishing without even leaving campus. There are also hiking trails around town being that there are mountains all around Bryan. If you get bored in Dayton, however, there are many things to do in Chattanooga; which, is about thirty minutes south.Read More
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Dayton is a small country town in the mountains. Unless you participate in groups, sports, or events on campus, the options for fun are either hiking, volunteering, exploring the tiny town of Dayton, or driving 45 minutes to Hixon or Chattanooga. Being on top of a mountain, Dayton is a very scenic place with lots of options for outdoor recreation. The gym on campus is pretty good but if you want outdoor walking, you'll just have to walk the campus.Read More
Talent shows (I attended one! What a blast!) bible studies, formal dances, etc.Read More
Chattanooga and Cleveland are close by and there are many different activies. On campus there are concerts and sporting events to attendRead More
You have to make your own fun or go somewhere else to find it.Read More
There isn't much to do in Dayton, but Chattanooga isn't too far. Cleveland also has some stuff to do. There is also something called Pocket Wilderness a few miles down from the campus for those who like to hike and bike ride. The students at Bryan are really good at coming up with fun games and things to do. I have yet to meet someone who is bored at Bryan!Read More
Ultimate Frisbee, stroll around Dayton, Chattanooga is 30 minutes away.Read More
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Obama Picks Libya War Architect for U.N. Ambassador
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June 6, 2013
Samantha Power is regarded as the driving force behind the administration's policy of "humanitarian war" in Libya. Photo: Steve Jurvetson.
Samantha Power, Obama's Special Assistant who pushed for the slaughter over 30,000 Libyans under the guise of humanitarian intervention, may soon replace Susan Rice as U.S. ambassador at the United Nations.
Rice, scorched by the Benghazi affair, will retreat to the White House and take up the role of Obama's national security adviser.
In a Rose Garden media event announcing a second term shuffling of Obama's foreign policy deck, the president portrayed Rice as "a relentless advocate for American interests and values," in other words the interests of the global elite. He added that Rice is "a fierce champion for justice and human dignity."
Rice has the required pedigree. She is a trusted Council On Foreign Relations member. Her mentor is Clinton's former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, who said the premeditated murder of more than 500,000 Iraqi children was a price worth paying. Like her colleague Samantha Power, Rice is an enthusiastic champion of invading small countries. "Obama UN Ambassador Susan Rice, a far meaner junkyard dog than George Bush's Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is the administration's loudest and most bellicose proponent of so-called 'humanitarian' intervention," writes Glen Ford.
Power is regarded as the driving force behind the administration's policy of "humanitarian war" in Libya. "Before joining the administration, in fact, Power flew around the world giving speeches about 'humanitarian failures' and the 'responsibility to protect.' Furthermore, her professional career began at the International Crisis Group, where she worked under the world's foremost authority on 'responsibility to protect,' Gareth Evans," write Eric Pottenger and Jeff Friesen.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an NGO propped up by the CIA's Ford Foundation and George Soros' Open Society Institute. The ICG played an instrumental role in the engineered destruction of the former Yugoslavia, a globalist project that specifically targeted civilian infrastructure and left an estimated 1,500-2,000 civilians and combatants dead. "NATO targeted not just the military apparatus of Yugoslavia, it sought to devastate and did devastate the civilian infrastructure of Yugoslavia. Electricity power stations, water supplies, schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, train tracks, factories, offices and thousands of homes and families were torn apart," writes Vivian Martin.
Power's advocacy for military intervention and engineered mass murder in Kosovo – along with the establishment's kudos for a book that earned her a Pulitzer – established a cred that ultimately propelled her to the highest levels of government.
This is how Tom Hayden – a onetime anti-establishment leftist, now an establishment fixture – described Powers in 2011:
Power generalized from her Balkans experience to become an advocate of American and NATO military intervention in humanitarian crises, a position which became known as being a "humanitarian hawk." She began to see war as an instrument to achieving her liberal, even radical, values. "The United States must also be prepared to risk the lives of its soldiers" to stop the threat of genocide, she wrote. She condemned Western "appeasement" of dictators. She believed that "the battle to stop genocide has been repeatedly lost in the realm of domestic politics." In her mind, domestic concerns like discrimination and unemployment were secondary to foreign policy crises, a common attitude in the national security circles she was entering.
For the globalists, the idea is to keep tricking the public and bamboozling them into supporting never ending wars and interventions, be they under the sway of the neocon faction of the ruling elite or the "liberal" faction masquerading as humanitarians.
Obama's foreign policy is almost identical to that of his predecessor. After eight years under the management of the neocons, the American people were permitted to vote for a man who was ludicrously portrayed by the corporate media as a savior. Naturally, this savior's policies, recited straight from a teleprompter script generated by his globalist handlers, is a continuation of a policy little deviated from since the installment of national security state in the late 1940s.
The elevation of Samantha Power signals the probability of a "humanitarian intervention" in Syria in the months or weeks ahead. Like the Libya intervention, this bloody intervention will be portrayed as a principled response to the human rights abuses of Bashar al-Assad. In the aftermath, as in the aftermath of Libya, few will bother to notice the carnage wrought by the purported liberators and the ultimate fate suffered by average Syrians, a fate shared by average Libyans and Iraqis in previous humanitarian interventions.


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EDITORIAL: An important ruling for groups' free speech rights
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday saying Congress could not force groups to compromise their free speech rights in order to receive funding sets important limits on government power.
Had the ruling in this case gone the other way, it's conceivable all manner of requirements might be imposed on those seeking support in the future. We're glad the court saw the importance of drawing this line in the sand.
At issue was a 2003 law passed by Congress requiring groups working abroad to combat HIV and AIDS to adopt anti-prostitution policies. The consequences were simple: No policy, no money.
"This case is not about the government's ability to enlist the assistance of those with whom it already agrees," wrote Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. "It is about compelling a grant recipient to adopt a particular belief as a condition of funding."
The groups that received the money with strings attached objected, saying their First Amendment rights were being compromised.
These are groups that receive significant private funding, but also receive billions through the U.S. program, intended to fight HIV/AIDS.
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The Alliance for Open Society International and Pathfinder International, which are non-governmental organizations that received funding, sued the government.
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There's controversy over a troubled effort to remove guns from Milwaukee streets.
The program ended after high-powered weapons were stolen from investigators involved.
"I'm scared to. I don't want people running around with guns," neighbor Vincent Cerar said.
For Cerar, learning that law enforcement set up a bait house across the street from his Riverwest home is personal.
"The corner bar, that's my grandma's bar. My sister lives down the street. My grandma lives down there. My aunt lives right over there. We live here. What if three guys walk out with guns or something, and they get stupid with them?" Cerar said.
WISN 12 News has learned a task force made up of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and Milwaukee police officers set up a front in a vacant building and posed as black market weapons dealers.
The idea was to make gun buys from crooks and then lock them up. Instead, police said crooks broke into the building and an agent's car and made off with merchandise and weapons, including a high-powered machine gun. It's still on the street.
"It's absolutely crazy, I think, absolutely crazy," neighbor Troy Amsden said.
U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner said he will investigate what he calls the "botched Milwaukee operation."
"Obviously there were some breakdowns here that were not the norm," Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said.
Milwaukee's police chief said MPD officers have been part of the ATF task force for a decade and said the collaboration has removed many illegal guns from city streets.
"The tactic is a sound one and has been successful elsewhere, but like every other tactic, it has to be executed carefully and prudently, and you have to account for all the moving pieces," Flynn said.
"Next time, maybe they'll do it in Shorewood," area resident Flora Coker said.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Friday he will request a briefing from the ATF on the operation and how it was mishandled.


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H-1B is just one of the hot-button issues in the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act now being debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But it is the one that matters most to IT.
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Up for debate is increasing the number of H-1Bs available, from 65,000, plus 20,000 more for immigrants who've just graduated with master's and Ph.D. degrees. The bill proposes expanding that to a base level of 110,000, plus 25,000 for new graduates. It could allow for as many as 180,000 visas, depending on factors such as demand for visas and unemployment levels.
Companies would be expected to pay more for these temporary work visas -- as much as $2,500 apiece -- especially if more than 50% of their U.S. employees use one. Part of the bill clearly targets outsourcers: It says companies with more than 15% of U.S. staff on an H-1B visa cannot place those employees at client sites.
Gordon Coburn, president of outsourcer Cognizant, told Bloomberg News he did not expect the immigration debate to be resolved quickly. "The process for changes to the bill we expect goes late this year into next year," he said.
Several amendments failed in discussion Tuesday. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, tried to amend the bill so that one in every 100 firms that apply for an H-1B visa would be audited to ensure it was not engaging in fraud or violations of the program. His amendment failed. Grassley also tried to require that American firms make an effort to hire an American worker before they can fill a position with an H-1B worker. That failed, too.
Another was Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) attempt to amend the bill so that there would be 325,000 H-1Bs.
That prompted a statement from the IEEE-USA, which noted "when exemptions are included, this would equal roughly 10% of the total U.S. engineering workforce." The IEEE-USA asked the Senate Judiciary committee not to increase the number of H-1Bs. IEEE argued that H-1B will encourage more jobs to be outsourced overseas. It did say in its statement that it would accept the increase to 110,000.
IEEE supports unlimited green cards for foreign nationals who've received a Ph.D. in a STEM (science, technology engineering and mathematics) field. The immigration bill will make it easier for STEM graduates to stay here.
All the amendments considered Tuesday currently can be seen on the Senate Judiciary Committee's website.
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May 23, 1911
Organized Bank at Rays Mill
Messrs B. P. Jones and C. L. Smith went up to Rays Mill this morning for the purpose of organizing a Bank at that place to be known as the Bank of Rays Mill. It will have a capital stock of $25,000.
The Ray City investors received a State Bank Charter and opened for business on August 14, 1911. The other investors were: J.S. Swindle, J.H. Swindle, M.T. Bradford, W.H.E. Terry, Riley M. Green, and J. F. Sutton, all of Berrien county; and Charles Lee Jones and J.B. Griffin, of Lowndes county. The Bank of Ray's Mill would later be known as the Citizens Bank of Ray City.
The principal banker, Benjamin Perry Jones, was a former resident of Berrien County, and had operated mercantile at Milltown where he also had a liquor dealer's license. In 1868, during Reconstruction, Benjamin Jones, along with H. T. Peeples and James E. Williams, represented Berrien County at the organization of the Democratic Convention of the First Congressional District, convened at Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia on September 16, 1868.
In 1913, a biographical sketch of Benjamin P. Jones was included in A history of Savannah and south Georgia:
Harden, William,. A history of Savannah and south Georgia. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913.
p. 747-749
BENJAMIN P. JONES, the president of the Valdosta Bank and Trust Company has had a long career in business, has won prosperity and influence much above that of the average man, and yet began with little or nothing and for a number of years had a hard struggle with the obstacles of business life. Mr. Jones is one of the prominent citizens of south Georgia, and has been identified with Valdosta from the time it was a small village.
Mr. Benjamin P. Jones was born, June 25, 1837, in that part of Camden now Charlton county, Georgia. His grandfather was James Jones, thought to have been a native of Georgia, who was a Camden county planter, having a number of slaves, and died there at the age of seventy-five, his remains now reposing in the Buffalo churchyard. He married a Miss Davis, who was upwards of eighty when she died, and they reared a large family of children. They were Primitive Baptists in religion.
Burrell Jones, father of the Valdosta banker, was born in Wayne county, Georgia, April 29, 1803. About the time of his marriage he bought land near Folkston, living there a few years, and about 1840 returned to Wayne county and located on a farm near the present site of Lulaton, where he made his home until his death in 1877. He married Mary Margaret (known as Peggy) Mizell, who was born in Bulloch county, August 9, 1809. Her father, Jesse Mizell, of English stock and a native of North Carolina, was a soldier of the Revolution under Jasper at Savannah and with Marion during that leader's valorous excursions against the British. He was with the command when it crossed the Peedee river, first lay blankets on the bridge to deaden the sound of the horses' hoofs, and in this way surprised the enemy. Some years after the Revolution Jesse Mizell came to Georgia, living two years in Camden county, and then moved into the interior, settling near the present site of Folkston in Charlton county, where he bought land and was engaged in farming and stock raising until his death at the age of about sixty. He married a Miss Stallings, a native of North Carolina and of Dutch ancestry. Mary M. Mizell, the mother of Mr. Jones, spent her early life on the Georgia frontier, and for the lack of educational advantages she compensated by her great natural ability and force of character. Her husband was for many years an invalid, and the care of the children devolved entirely upon her. She reared them to habits of industry and honor, and they paid her all filial reverence. Her death occurred in 1885. Her nine children were named as follows: Harley, Joseph, Benjamin P., Margaret, James B., Nancy C., Harriet, Jasper N. and Newton J. Harley and Joseph were Confederate soldiers and died during their service for the southern cause.
Though in his youth he had little opportunity to obtain an education, Benjamin P. Jones managed to obtain an education largely through his own efforts at self-improvement and an ingrained habit of close observation. When he was seventeen he became a teacher, and while he did good service while in this occupation it may be remembered that qualifications for teaching were not very high at that period. Anyone could teach who could find others who knew less than himself, and there was no formality of examination. Intellectual curiosity was a passion with him from an early age, and the time most children give to play with their comrades he devoted to association in company with his elders, thus learning by listening. When he was twelve years old he once attended a court session, listening attentively to the evidence and the charge to the jury. At recess the judge asked why he was so absorbed in the proceedings. The boy replied that it was because he wanted to learn, and then asked the judge why he charged the jury as he did. That was equity, responded the judge, and after explaining the meaning of that word told the boy that if he ever had occasion to make out papers to make them out in accordance with equity and justice and he would sanction them if brought before his court. Chopping cotton at twenty-five cents a day and board was the means by which Mr. Jones earned his first money. A little later he became clerk in a general store at Lulaton, and after a time engaged in business for himself at Stockton, Georgia. Hardly had his trade started when a panic paralyzed all business, and he found himself in debt fifteen hundred dollars, which took him some time to pay off.
Early in 1861 Mr. Jones enlisted in Company D of the Twenty-sixth Georgia Infantry, and was with that command in the coast defense until the regiment was ordered to Virginia, when he secured a substitute. Confederate money was then plentiful but away below par, and he bought a farm for three thousand dollars, at war-time prices, going in debt for the greater part of this amount. He was busily engaged in farming until 1864, when he enlisted with the Georgia Reserves, being commissioned first lieutenant and being in actual command of his company. The Reserves went to the defense of Atlanta, but from Griffin his company was sent back to recruit and apprehend deserters, and he was on detached duty until the close of the war. After making three crops on his farm he sold the land for four hundred dollars, and with that money and what he had realized from his crops engaged in the mercantile business at Milltown in Berrien county. Nine days after opening his store an epidemic of smallpox broke out, he was quarantined fifty-two days, and at the end of that time offered to sell his entire stock for three hundred dollars but could not find a buyer. Owing to this circumstance he went on with his business, at the same time buying cotton and dealing in live stock, and in four years had so reversed the current of his previous fortunes that he had cleared up fourteen thousand dollars. Then selling out at Milltown he went to southern Florida, where he opened two stores and established a grist and saw mill, and was engaged in business there until 1874, when ill health compelled him to make a change. He sacrificed eight thousand dollars by the move, and then came to Valdosta, which was then a village. Here he bought an established general store and a home for three thousand dollars, and was prosperously identified with the mercantile enterprise of this city for twenty years. In 1894 Mr. Jones organized the Valdosta Guano Company, and in 1906 the Valdosta Bank & Trust Company, of which he has since been president, with his son C. L. as cashier.
On June 25, 1862, Mr. Jones married Miss Elizabeth Knight, who was born in Clinch county, October 18, 1843, representing an old family of southern Georgia. Her grandfather, Rev. William Knight, was a pioneer preacher in this part of the state. He married a Miss Cone. Jonathan Knight, the father of Mrs. Jones, was born in that part of Lowndes now Berrien county, and spent his life as a farmer in Clinch and Berrien counties. Mr. and Mrs. Jones reared thirteen children, named as follows: Jonathan H., Charles Lee, Frances M. McKenzie; Lillie Roberts, Samuel W., Elizabeth Fry, Benjamin U., Jimmie Staten Green, Eulah Norris, Pearl Mashburn, Lloyd E., Lotta and Audrey Terry.
Mr. Jones has been identified with the Masonic order since he was twenty-seven years old. He is a member of the Economic League of Boston, Massachusetts, a society for the betterment of mankind. He has been one of the influential men in political life for many years. His first presidential vote was cast for John C. Breckenridge in 1860. He was opposed to secession, in a speech in which he said that if the sixteen southern states would all go out in a body, taking the constitution in one hand and the flag in the other, he would favor the movement with his vote, but not otherwise. In subsequent years he has served as delegate to many county and state conventions, was a delegate to the national conventions that nominated General Hancock and Grover Cleveland, and was also one of the sound-money Democratic delegates of 1896 who nominated Palmer and Buckner. Since 1898 he has not been allied with any party, and as a free lance has supported the individual who best represents his ideas of government.
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- Bank of Ray City, GA through Optimism and Depression
- Bank of Ray's Mill
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two sisters who died when a small plane crashed into their Connecticut home a week ago were "angels of God," cheerful and loving girls full of great potential, loved ones and officials said Friday at their funeral.
Sade Brantley, 13, maintained high honors in middle school, recently receiving a presidential academic achievement award as well as excellence awards in math, science and language arts. Described by friends, family and in the funeral program as a smart and reserved "young lady" who was serious about her studies, yet could easily erupt into giggles, Sade had dreams of being famous and someday becoming a neurosurgeon.
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The girls' house in East Haven was one of two struck by a 10-seat plane when it crashed Aug. 9 on its approach to Tweed-New Haven Airport. The other house wasn't occupied. Also killed were the two people aboard the plane, 54-year-old former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard and his 17-year-old son, Maxwell. The cause remains under investigation.
Joann Mitchell, the girls' mother, survived the crash. She was seen by neighbors that day screaming that her daughters were still inside the burning home.
Wearing a long white dress at the funeral, Mitchell appeared to be grief-stricken as she walked down the church aisle and approached the single white casket that held her daughters. But after a while, she appeared to take solace in the interdenominational service, occasionally raising her hands and rocking to gospel music.
Mitchell, who made a surprise appearance at a community vigil for the girls Saturday, was praised for both her courage and strong religious faith. Mitchell also went to Sunday services, said Robert Middleton, the family's pastor.
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Oakland Bishop: New York Same-Sex 'Marriage' Undermines Common Good
U.S. bishops' point man on the defense of marriage comments on recent legislation, praising the efforts of Catholics: 'Those courageous legislators and active citizens in New York who defended marriage should be applauded for their inspiring witness.'
WASHINGTON (EWTN News/CNA)— The New York Legislature's recognition of same-sex "marriages" undermines the common good and will place officials in a position to "retaliate" against those who uphold basic truths about marriage, the U.S. bishops' point man on the defense of marriage said.
"Making marriage law indifferent to the absence of either sex creates an institutional and cultural crisis with generational ramifications yet to be seen," Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., said on June 28.
"To eliminate marriage's very essence — its essence as the union of husband and wife — from its legal definition is to ignore not only basic anthropology and biology, but also the purpose of law generally."
Law is meant to uphold the common good, not undermine it, stated Bishop Cordileone, who heads the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.
He pointed to children as one group that will suffer the consequences of the vote, since their "basic right" to be raised by their mother and father is ignored by the state.
"Also, as demonstrated in other states where marriage redefinition has occurred, officials there will be in a position to retaliate against those who continue to uphold these basic truths. This is a mark of a profoundly unjust law," he said.
After a strong push by Catholic Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, homosexual activists and several wealthy Republican backers, the legislation passed the New York Senate by a margin of 33 to 29 votes. All but one Democratic senator voted for the bill, and all but four Republican senators voted against the bill.
Senate Republicans declined to use their control of the Senate to stop the legislation from coming to a vote.
Bishop Cordileone thanked those involved in the grassroots effort to oppose the bill.
"Those courageous legislators and active citizens in New York who defended marriage should be applauded for their inspiring witness," he said.
While the bill contains some last-minute protections for religious organizations, the Oakland bishop said marriage is "a fundamental good that must be protected in every circumstance. Exemptions of any kind never justify redefining marriage."
The Catholic bishops of New York reacted to the bill's passage in a June 24 statement.
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Similar state senate legislation had failed in a 2009 vote of 38-24.
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Both my wife and I both run Adium nightly build v.1.6hgr5946 (installed ages ago to solve issues with Yahoo connectivity). I'm running it under Mac OS 10.9.5 without issue. My wife, however, is running it under Mac OS 10.12.6 and experiences Adium crashing multiple times throughout the day.
Is there some known or possible incompatibility between that version of Adium and 10.12.6?
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Does she get a crash report window? What does it say in Console?
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In speaking with my wife more about this, it turns out that Adium doesn't actually crash. The app stays up. It just disconnects itself, and she has to reconnect to the network. We're both on the same XMPP service (Koderoot) and I never have disconnects. The only difference between our setups is the Mac OS version we're running.
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Try her account on your computer and your account on her computer and see if it still disconnects her (if it does then the issue is with the server/account)
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Multi-Million Dollar Award for Victimsby GDN Shared Post July 29, 2011
(FinalCall.com) – In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast, a federally-funded program has drawn criticism due to accusations of discriminating against Blacks in the distribution of recovery funds. On July 6, a settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the highly criticized Road Home program.
The federal government awarded $62 million in Road Home funds to 1,460 homeowners and an additional year to rebuild their storm-torn homes without fear of fines or foreclosures by the state.
With an establishing budget of $11 billion in federal dollars, the Road Home program was led by HUD and the Louisiana Recovery Authority to aid residents affected by both hurricanes.
"Regrettably, the Road Home program became a road block for many," said James Perry, Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. The center, along with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, led the charge on the lawsuit filed in November 2008 on behalf of five individual plaintiffs representing over 20,000 Black homeowners.
"This settlement is a step in the right direction toward getting more hurricane-affected homeowners back into their homes. HUD and Louisiana must keep America's promise to build a better New Orleans. And they must do so in a manner that is fair and equitable for all people regardless of their race," said Mr. Perry.
Nation of Islam Student Minister Willie Muhammad and his family were among those forced to evacuate New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly 80 percent of the city in 2005.
"If inquiries were made in other areas that involve recovery after Katrina, I believe more discrepancies in how Black people were treated would be uncovered," said Muhammad.
John Payton, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), said, "People who had similar homes and suffered the same type of damage should not have been treated differently simply because of the neighborhoods in which they live. All New Orleanians, and all Louisianans, deserve a fair chance at rebuilding their homes and communities."
According to the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, pre-storm values in Black neighborhoods across New Orleans are lower than pre-storm values in predominantly White neighborhoods due to "decades of institutionalized discrimination."
The lawsuit alleged that the Road Home grant calculations were based on the pre-storm value of hurricane affected houses rather than the cost of repair. The plaintiffs and their legal team argued that this was a direct violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
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Consider two identical homes, with identical hurricane damage, and identical repair cost of $150,000. One home is in a predominately White area and worth $150,000 while the second home located in a predominately Black area is worth only $100,000.
Under the discriminatory formula, the White homeowner was eligible to receive $150,000 while the Black homeowner would be eligible to receive only $100,000—in spite of the fact that the homes are identical. Because of the discriminatory formula, the Black homeowner was $50,000 short of the amount needed to get back into their home.
"This fact pattern has played out thousands of times leaving Black homeowners far short of the amount they need to rebuild their homes," the center says.
"In addition to providing significant relief for individual homeowners, the Road Home lawsuit will serve as a warning to HUD and state officials nationwide to avoid the future use of pre-storm market value or similar market-driven criteria that have an obvious discriminatory impact on low-income and minority homeowners," said Shanna Smith, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance.
In a decision last September, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an injunction to place a freeze on the remaining funds in Louisiana's Road Home Program. This gave the plaintiffs an opportunity to present proof that the state and HUD did in fact engage in discriminatory practices.